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FEATURE
HEALTH CARE REIT'S MIDWEST REGION RANKS
IN TOP 2 PERCENT FOR TENANT SATISFACTION 5
The Kingsley Associates 2014 Medical Office Building Index ranks Health Care REIT
Management Services Group among the top 2 percent in terms of tenant satisfaction.
The index is the industry's most comprehensive performance-benchmarking database.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
SENIOR HEALTH
PREDICTIVE TEST FOR ALZHEIMER'S RAISES MEDICAL
POSSIBILITIES, ETHICAL QUESTIONS 6
A blood test could provide up to three years of presymptomatic notice that a person is
likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. That presents therapeutic opportunities — and a
host of difficult issues concerning how patients may respond to that knowledge.
A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO HELPING PATIENTS WITH
DEMENTIA LIVE AT HOME 8
North Dakota has eased the burden on families, physicians and healthcare facilities by
implementing a program that makes it possible for people with dementia to remain in
their homes longer.
DEPARTMENTS
COLON CANCER 10
THAT'S NEWS 11
SLEEP MEDICINE 12
MEDBEAT 14
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